Diabetes

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Key Organisations:

AUSTRALASIAN

• Australian Diabetes Society
• Australian Diabetes Educators Association
• Diabetes Australia
  • NSW & ACT
  • QLD
  • SA
  • TAS
  • VIC
  • WA
• NZSSD:  New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes
• Diabetes New Zealand

INTERNATIONAL

• ISPAD (International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes)
• Diabetes United Kingdom
• British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
• Diabetes Canada
• American Diabetes Association
• American Association of Diabetes Educators
• Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians (ACDC)
• Diabetes Technology Society

Technology to Manage Diabetes:

• CGM
  • CGM has recently become funded in Australia through the NDSS.  There are 2 choices on the market and should be considered carefully and in conjunction with the treating team
  • NDSS
  • Medtronic
  • Dexcom
  • Resources
    • NSW
    • QLD
    • SA
• Flash Technology.  Freestyle Libre
• ISPAD Guidelines for Diabetes Technology
• Advanced Technologies and Treatments of Diabetes

DKA Protocols

It is advised to use the DKA protocol for your local tertiary referral centre.

AUSTRALASIA

• NSW
  • Sydney Children’s Hospital Network
  • John Hunter Children’s Hospital
• QLD
  • Queensland Children’s Hospital (being reviewed, not currently available)
• SA
  • Women and Children’s Hospital
• VIC
  • Statewide Victorian DKA guidelines
  • Royal Children’s Hospital
  • Monash Children’s Centre (not available on the internet, access via internal intranet only)
• WA
  • Perth Children’s Hospital (not available on the internet, access via internal intranet only)
• New Zealand
  • NZ National Paediatric DKA Guideline

All protocols have been based, in a large part, on the following guidelines and consensus statements.

• National Evidence-Based Clinical Care Guidelines for Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Adults  (2011)
• Technical Report  (2011)
• ISPAD 2018 Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines (Chapter 11) 2018

Sick Day Management and Prevention of Severe DKA:

If unwell, please refer to information provided by your local care team and if needed contact them for advice with regards to management during illness and particularly if ketones are present.
Helpful overview of sick day management can also be found in the  ISPAD 2018 Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines (Chapter 13) 2018

Mental Health, Emotional and Peer Support

• Diabetes Australia
• Diabetes Australia – State Websites: NSW, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
• Diabetes New Zealand
• Type 1 Diabetes Network for young adults with diabetes
• Diabetes Kids & Teens – DA NSW website for children, teenagers and parents & carers
• Diabetes Counselling
• Australian Centre for Behavioural Research and Diabetes
• Children with Diabetes (USA)

Nutrition and Healthy Eating

AUSTRALASIAN

• Dietitians Association of Australia
• Dietitians NZ
• Coeliac Society

INTERNATIONAL

• British Dietetic Association
• American Dietetic Association
• Dietitians of Canada

Complications:  Screening and Dental Care

• NHMRC Guideline – Diabetic Retinopathy
• Recommendations for complication screening can be found in the ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2014
• Microvascular and macrovascular complications ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018 (Chapter 18)
• Other complications and diabetes-associated conditions ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018 (Chapter 19)
• APEG Position Statement:  The Diabetes Control and Complications trial:  Implications for the child and adolescent  Med J Aust. 1995 Apr 3;162(7):369-72

Living with Diabetes

• Caring for diabetes in children and adolescents – a parents manual 3rd edition 2010
• ID bracelets for Diabetes
• Runsweet: Diabetes and exercise:  children and adolescents
• New Zealand:  Living well with diabetes October 2015
• History of Diabetes Camps in Vic 2018
• SPUMS:  South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society
• European Underwater and Baromedical Society

Research

• Immunology of Diabetes Society
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF)
• Australasian Diabetes Data Network (ADDN)
• Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) Study

Diabetes in School

• Press release, 31 Jan 2019:  New school year poses extra stress for parents of kids with T1D

Tests

• Australia
  • Gene tests for MODY are available from Mater Pathology.  For information about tests click here  and if ordering MODY gene tests please complete the following request form 
• New Zealand
  • Gene tests for MODY are available from NZSSD (Mody Calculator)